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The Ruby Meadowhawk is a small skimmer, about 33 to 38 mm (1.3 to 1.5 inches) long. Mature males have a red face and a red abdomen with black triangles along the sides, dark legs, and usually clear wings, sometimes with a small amber patch at the wing bases. Females and young adults are yellow-tan with the same black side markings. Males and females may be available. The listing photo shows a female. Females of this species have a pointed egg-laying plate that projects down from the underside of segment 8, which separates them from the closely related Cherry-faced Meadowhawk.
Ruby Meadowhawks live at ponds, often temporary ones, marshes, bogs, and sluggish streams, and they are often found in fields and clearings well away from water. The species occurs in the eastern and central United States and southeastern Canada, including Wisconsin, but it is scarce or absent in New England. Our specimen was collected in Douglas County, Wisconsin.
Adults often perch on grasses and shrubs in open fields. Males defend small territories. Like other dragonflies, they are swift aerial hunters and prey on flying insects. Mating usually takes place away from water. Females lay eggs alone or in tandem, either by dipping the abdomen into the water or by dropping eggs into vegetation near the shoreline.
This species has incomplete metamorphosis, with egg, aquatic naiad, and adult stages. The naiads are aquatic predators. Adults fly from midsummer into fall.
Ruby Meadowhawks are beneficial predators of mosquitoes and other small insects. They are not pests and have no significant economic impact.
Sympetrum rubicundulum (Say, 1839) belongs to the skimmer family Libellulidae, genus Sympetrum (meadowhawks). It was originally described as Libellula rubicundula.
This preserved specimen educates on dragonfly biology and wetland insects, suitable for displays or studies.
Check it out on BugGuide! https://bugguide.net/node/view/5196/bgimage
The Ruby Meadowhawk is a small skimmer, about 33 to 38 mm (1.3 to 1.5 inches) long. Mature males have a red face and a red abdomen with black triangles along the sides, dark legs, and usually clear wings, sometimes with a small amber patch at the wing bases. Females and young adults are yellow-tan with the same black side markings. Males and females may be available. The listing photo shows a female. Females of this species have a pointed egg-laying plate that projects down from the underside of segment 8, which separates them from the closely related Cherry-faced Meadowhawk.
Ruby Meadowhawks live at ponds, often temporary ones, marshes, bogs, and sluggish streams, and they are often found in fields and clearings well away from water. The species occurs in the eastern and central United States and southeastern Canada, including Wisconsin, but it is scarce or absent in New England. Our specimen was collected in Douglas County, Wisconsin.
Adults often perch on grasses and shrubs in open fields. Males defend small territories. Like other dragonflies, they are swift aerial hunters and prey on flying insects. Mating usually takes place away from water. Females lay eggs alone or in tandem, either by dipping the abdomen into the water or by dropping eggs into vegetation near the shoreline.
This species has incomplete metamorphosis, with egg, aquatic naiad, and adult stages. The naiads are aquatic predators. Adults fly from midsummer into fall.
Ruby Meadowhawks are beneficial predators of mosquitoes and other small insects. They are not pests and have no significant economic impact.
Sympetrum rubicundulum (Say, 1839) belongs to the skimmer family Libellulidae, genus Sympetrum (meadowhawks). It was originally described as Libellula rubicundula.
This preserved specimen educates on dragonfly biology and wetland insects, suitable for displays or studies.
Check it out on BugGuide! https://bugguide.net/node/view/5196/bgimage
